SAMANTHA CONLON

Born in 1990 in Ireland. Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland. Lens based artist working with ideas of gender and class struggles. Founder and curator of Bunny Collective + Editor of BUNNY magazine.

SICK ROLE: DEAD GIRL III, A PRESSAGE, DEAD GIRL II, ALTAR, 2018

photographic series / valokuvasarja

sick is weak
sick is radicalsick is darksick is violentsick is healing sick is sensual sick is the end sick is medication sick is needing help sick is terror sick is the void sick is the rot sick is the role

DESCRIPTIONS:

1. Dead Girl III. A full shot of a pale human dressed in a light green dress laying on it's side in a sea or a lake with a rocky bottom. Bright sun light touches the face, the left arm and the left leg of the human as well as the rocks covered with bright green moss near the human's head that are partly above the waterline. The water seems smudgy, slightly wavy and remains mostly in the shadows.

2. A Pressage. A full shot of a human hand caressing a glass full of water. The glass is on a table, right in the midlle. The water in the glass alters the shape of the hand. The human is wearing a striped shirt. The room is very light, almost all white.

3. Dead Girl II. A full shot of a human laying on a bed, eyes closed, covered with a gray blanket. The bedsheets are white. There is a chair beside the bed on top of which there is a lit candle in an empty wine bottle. A bright light touches the covered legs of the human, otherwise the room is quite dark.

4. Altar. A full shot of a human sitting on the floor. The human is wearing black shorts and a gray t-shirt. The room is dark, a bright sun light comes from the window and touches the face, upper body, left arm and a left leg of a human. The human’s eyes are closed and the mouth is slightly open. Some gray and slimy material is coming out of the human’s mouth.